Thursday, July 18, 2013

Using Blanchard Grinding In Virginia

By Chelsea Evans


The process of Blanchard grinding in Virginia is a particular type of operation wherein a metal or other material is ground by a special machine to quickly remove stock from one side. This special machine was developed by a company of the same name. Once a material goes through this operation it can also be referred to as rotary surface ground. It provides high control of the action and can thus be replicated continuously resulting to greater production tolerances even in high volumes.

A chuck holds the part in place thus ferrous materials are what this process is most used with. Non-ferrous materials can also undergo the process but at a higher cost and lower volumes as the set up time is longer. Plastics can undergo this process too. Soft metals like aluminum and brass, or hard metals like titanium and stainless steel can withstand the stresses of this operation.

This particular way of working on parts and surfaces results to a very unique finish. This results due to the specific way the machine does the work and how the grind motion on the surface is done. This process is unsurpassed when the job cannot be handled using disc grinders. It is best to use this machine when producing or finishing vacuum chambers, plate stock, die blocks, or rotary tables.

More horsepower is used by the machine in this operation as compared to others. This makes the process faster and more powerful. The added speed allows the machine to grind more of the surface and thus results to finishing faster. Further making use of this machine faster is the fact that it can accommodate more parts at the same time.

The machine works by having a grind head attached to a vertical axle that moves against the direction of the chucks rotation. This results to a surface finish quite unique to this process which is very even. Control over surface flatness and thickness of grind results to consistency of the result.

When using this process and machine, the surface being subjected to the grind must be relatively smooth. It must not have any major protrusions. Any major protrusions may cause damage to the material as well as the machine.

One of the greatest benefits of using this machine is that it is very consistent. Even when the production run is great, being in control of finish and other functions achieves great consistency throughout the run. This is a great advantage when the production run of an identical part is high. The benefits of using this process are further enhanced by the speed by which it can do the work.

When producing parts in great volume with a need for speed and consistency, it would be ideal to use Blanchard grinding in Virginia. It will allow you to produce parts with more accuracy and each part is closest to identical as possible. It will result to lower costs of production and lesser breakdowns of whatever you are producing.




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